Mind-enhancing drugs: A no-brainer?

Advocates say they are an irresistible way of improving students’ performance. Critics argue they are a dangerous fad. Jeremy Laurance explores the debate.
In the middle of the exam season, the offer of a drug that could improve results might excite students but would be likely to terrify their parents.
Now, a distinguished professor of bioethics says [...]

Brain Gain: The underground world of neuro-enhancing drugs.

A young man I’ll call Alex recently graduated from Harvard.
As a history major, Alex wrote about a dozen papers a semester. He also ran a student organization, for which he often worked more than forty hours a week; when he wasn’t on the job, he had classes.
Weeknights were devoted to all the schoolwork that he [...]